Developing an Indigenous Approach to FASD

The Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, and the Canada FASD Research Network convened in May 2017 to create a Consensus Statement to addressing and preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder for Indigenous Peoples. Their collaborative response details eight tenets to the enacting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

“Dialogue to Action on the Prevention of FASD” project was made possible by the financial assistance from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.